backing up main data file

[Derek Atkins]

You should copy the "Harold" file back and forth.

-derek

Harold <hh6199 at yahoo.com> writes:

> Doug, I am just not understanding what I need to do. Let's just say that I have a Gnucash set of books named 'Harold'. I have done the latest gnucash work while in Mepis (guncash 2.2.6) and while in Mint I want to do some gnucash work. What do I need to do so that I can know that what I open in Mint (gnucash 2.2.4) is the exact same thing that I left when in Mepis?
>
> Should I use 'File', 'Import', 'Replay Gnucash log file' or should I just copy the last .xac backup over the Mint? If I copy the .xac file then how do I get Gnucash to incorporate that file into the Mint files? 
>
> I may be making this more difficult than it is. What am I missing?
>
> Thanks,
> Harold
>
> --- On Tue, 11/25/08, Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws at hotkey.net.au> wrote:
> From: Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws at hotkey.net.au>
> Subject: Re: backing up main data file
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org, hh6199 at yahoo.com
> Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 11:41 PM
>
> Hi Harold.
>
> The .xac files are your backups.  They are generated automatically after each 
> session.  Your main data file has the name that appears before the date part 
> of the .xac and .log files.  It should be in the same directory.
>
> HTH,
>
> Doug.
> On Wednesday 26 November 2008 1:47:52 pm Harold wrote:
>> New to Gnucash 2.2.6 in Mepis 8 Beta 6.
>>
>> I was just looking at backing up Gnucash. I did some searching and read
>> several posts about what files to back up. Ended up at the help manual in
>> the section 2.8.4 File Management. It says: "So which files should
> you keep
>> around? Keep your main data file, of course - data files do not have an
>> automatic file extension. It's a good idea to keep some of the more
> recent
>> .xac files, but you can
>> safely delete the .log files since they are not complete copies of your
>> data. You should also delete any .LCK and .LNK files that you see after
>> closing GnuCash. If you decide to manually back up your data file to
>> another disk, you only need to back up the main data file - not the
>> .xac files."
>>
>> Then it dawned on me that I didn't know what the main data file is and
>> where it is stored. I looked in my home folder and I have a list of files
>> that are zipped, .xac, and .log. The first file in the list of the afore
>> mentioned files is a zip file that 16.6 KB in size and bears my and my
>> wife's name because I gave it that name. It seems to stay the same
> size. I
>> would think that the main data file would grow larger as you add
>> transactions.
>>
>> There are several log files that are larger. I looked in the .gnucash
>> folder but didn't see what I thought might be the main data file. So
> my
>> questions are, where is the main data file located and what is the name of
>> it?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Harold
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> gnucash-user mailing list
>> gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
>> -----
>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>
>
>
>
>
>       
> _______________________________________________
> gnucash-user mailing list
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
> -----
> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>
>

-- 
       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available